Washing-machine.



:Patented August i8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MILES-J. LAWLER," OF PARNELL, IOWA.

MACHINE.

` SPECIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 736,410, dated August18, 1,9048.

` Appnca'titntie september 12,1902. `smaila.123,093. cromati.)

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to wliich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to washing machines; and it consists of the novelconstruc-V tion and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section through thewashing-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the washing-machine. Fig. 3 isa plan View ofthe clothes-agitator. Fig. tt is a side-view of one Aofthe toothed segments.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the agita-` tor and itsdriving-wheel.V Fig. 6 is a detail view of the post K and vbearing 7c.

A is the washtub, supported on legs a. This tub is of any approvedconstruction, and its sides and bottom are plain or corrugated,

as may be required. The tub isprovidedV with a lid B, which is hinged toit in any approved manner.

C is the agitator-shaft, which is journal-edV in a plate c, secured tothe top of the tub; The plate c has openings c in it, and D representsantifriction-rollers arranged ini the openings c and journaled on pinsd,'inserted in the said plate.

E is a sleeve which is secured on the lower part of the shaft C by a pine and provided with a iiangef at itslower part and longitudinalprojecting ribs f' on its sides.

F is the agitator, which` consists of a plate provided with arms g .forengaging with the clothes. The agitator fits loosely over the sleeve Eand normally rests on its flange f below the pin e, and it is providedwith notches which engage loosely with the ribs f. In this mannerthejagitator is constrained to revolve with the shaft C, but is free totip or tilt to a limited extent in any direction.

G is a toothed wheel provided with a sleeve h, having a flange h at itstop. The wheel and sleeve are rigidly secured on the agitator-shaft C,and the wheel runs on the antifriction-rollers D.

a a I H represents arms arranged equidistant y Beitknown that I, MILES.T LAWLER, a citi- `zen of the United States, residing atParnell,

in the county of Iowa and State of Iowa, have from each other betweenthe flange h and the body of the toothed wheel G. Weights t are secu redon these arms and may be either fixed or removable. When removable,lighter or heavier weights may be substituted for them. Theseweights balance each other, being arranged at equal distances apart.

I is a screw-threaded cap which is adjustable upon the screw-threadedupper end portion of the shaft C. This cap has a conical bearing j,which engages with a correspond` ing bearing in an arm or bracket J,which is secured to the lid of the tub, so that the shaft C is preventedfrom rising.

K is acircularpost or pin which is secured to the lid of the tubparallel with the shaft C. A bearing 7o is formed at the top of the postK and is provided with a removable cap 7.o'.

L is a bearing secured to the lid of the tub 4 a short distance from thebearing 7a.

Mis the operating-shaft, which is journaled in the bearings 7o and L,and m is a ily-wheel secured'on the shaftM and provided with anoperating-handle m. r

O and P are two toothed segments secured upon the shaft M and arrangedupon oppositel sides of the bearing 7c. The teeth of each segment arearranged opposite the toothless portion of the other segment,eachsegment having teeth on one half only of its periphery.

R is a toothed Wheel which is journaled on the `post or pin K and which=is engaged by the toothed wheels O and P alternately as the shaft M isrevolved.

Sis a toothed wheel which is secured to the wheel R and which also isjournaled on the post or shaft K and which gears into the toothed wheelG on the agitator-shaft. The wheel S is preferably smaller in diameterthan the vwheel G.

When the operating-shaft is revolved continuously in one direction, theagitator is oscillated inside the tub and Washes the clothes placed inthe tub in avery effective manner.

The weights are made removable in any approved manner-as, for instance,by having slots like the weights of a weighing-.machine. These weightsare slid upon the inclined arms H to different distances from the centerof the shaft, so as to balance the wheel G in its normal position on therollers. The weights also counteract the upward pressure of the clothesin the tub. When the machine is in operation, the clothesfrequentlycollect under the agitator, and if the weights were not used or if theywere too light the agitator when bearing against the pin e would forcethe sleeve E upward against the lid of the tub or would press thebearing y hard against the bearing in the end of the bracket J, andthereby make the machine very hard to turn.

I do not herein claim the driving-gear shown and described in thisapplication, as the 2. The combination, with a tub provided with a lid,and an agitator-shaft journaled in the lid; of a sleeve secured on thelower part of the said shaft and provided with stops, an agitatorrevolving with the said sleeve and movable vertically between the saidstops, a driving-wheel secured on the upper part of the said shaft, andremovable weights carried by the said wheel and operating to counteractthe upward pressure of the clothes in the tub, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination, with a tub provided with a lid, and anagitator-shaft journaled in the lid; of an agitator carried by the lowerpart of the said shaft, a toothed wheel secured on the upper part of thesaid shaft and provided with a sleeve on its upper side havv ing a angeand equidistant bars extending between the said flange and the body ofthe said wheel, and weights on the said bars, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILES J. LAWLER.

Witnesses:

J. P. NAUGHTON, H. D. BERRYHILL.

